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NINE
Iris
I leftwork early again today so that I could get home and have time to pick up my house a bit more before Arlo comes over. I’ve been so wrapped up in what’s been going on with Blast From The Past that I’ve let the house get messy.
I have a feeling that I’m going to need more than an hour to clean up the house and so I toss my purse onto the coat rack and hurry to tidy up. My phone rings as I’m finishing up loading the dishwasher and I answer it distractedly.
“Hello?”
“Hey, are you busy?” Madelyn asks and I shake my head before I realize that she can’t see me.
“No, I’m just cleaning up at home.”
“Fun,” she says dryly.
I laugh as I wipe down the kitchen counters and head into the living room.
“What are you up to?” I ask.
“I just got home and Flynn is still out helping Gavin with a car so I thought I would check in and see how things are going with you.”
“Pretty good.”
“Yeah? Did you hear anything back from the police or the insurance company?”
“No, not yet. Officer Miles came by yesterday and I think they might have a lead but he said that it wasn’t anything concrete.”
“That’s still good news though, right? Maybe they’re close to finding everything and the asshole who took it,” she says and I smile at how annoyed she is on my behalf.
“I hope so. I called a glass place today to replace the display cases and they’re supposed to come tomorrow to fix those. The security company is coming out too and I’m going to look at upgrading my system.”
“Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.”
I nod and put the phone on speakerphone as I continue to clean up the living room.
“What are you doing tonight?” Madelyn asks.
“Um, Arlo is coming over for dinner actually.”
“Really?” She asks and I can hear the smile in her voice.
“Yeah, it’s just casual,” I tell her because I can tell that she’s about to go full steam ahead with this.
“Yeah, just a casual second date,” she says and I picture her bouncing up and down in her kitchen.
“We’re just having pizza.”
“Uh-huh… and then you can get a slice of that sexy man!”
“Oh my god,” I groan.
“Who’s a sexy man?” Flynn asks in the background.
“Arlo,” she tells him and I’m sure that her boyfriend loves that.
“Oh, did Iris and Arlo finally get together?” He asks and I sigh.
“Yep! This is their second date.”
